J. S. "Chris" Christie Jr.
Recognized since 2005
Birmingham, Alabama
Commercial Litigation
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Insurance Law
Litigation - ERISA
Litigation - Insurance
J.S. "Chris" Christie practices in Dentons Sirote’s Litigation group, based in Birmingham, Alabama. He has handled False Claims Act, class action, and bet-the-company cases, cases involving stock valuations, financial expert witnesses, and statistical expert witnesses, and appeals to the Supreme Court of Alabama and to the federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. He frequently speaks and publishes on employee benefits, legal ethics, and trial techniques.
In employee benefits litigation, Chris represents plans, fiduciaries, and insurers in ERISA cases and in governmental plan cases. He has tried several ERISA fiduciary breach trials. Since 2012, he has been a Fellow with the American College of Employee Benefits Counsel.
In healthcare litigation, Chris primarily represents hospitals, physicians and other providers and also has represented insurers, HMOs and other managed care organizations. For healthcare clients, he has tried and won at trial two healthcare False Claims Act cases against the Department of Justice.
- E-mail: chris.christie@dentons.com
- Direct Phone Number: +1 205-930-5751
- Phone Number: +1 205-930-5751
- Lawyer Page: https://www.dentons.com/en/chris-christie
- 2311 Highland Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
- Duke University, J.D., graduated 1985
- Duke University, M.A., graduated 1985
- Rhodes College, B.A., graduated 1981
- Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
- American College of Employee Benefits Counsel - Fellow
- United States District Court
56 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
14 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
- Insurance Law, Birmingham (2022)
- Litigation - ERISA, Birmingham (2016)
- Commercial Litigation
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Insurance Law
- Litigation - ERISA
- Litigation - Insurance
- COVID-19
- ERISA
- Litigation
- Pension, Health and Welfare
- Corporate Law
- Financial Services Regulation Law
- Health Care Law
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Securities / Capital Markets Law
- Venture Capital Law
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